Hello Teak Door! I've been reading your forum for a while now, my friend Timber introduced me to life behind the Teak Doors. I'm currently doing the 9-5 grind in the banking industry in good ole St.Louis Missouri. I sit in my office and read about everyone else livin' the dream over there in LOS and yearn for a piece of the action. So I've bought my ticket now and will be there in early November for a 3 week stay.
My dilemma is this: although I would love to sit at Timba's and slam beer and steaks for 3 weeks, its my first trip to SE Asia and I need to get about and see the sights, and the guys going to be a bit tied up with business so he suggested that I make some friends on Teak Door that may be able to help me plan my trip outside of Bkk. At this point I have absolutely no concrete plans but there are a few things I'd like to do.
One is visit Cambodia, Angkor Wat in particular, I was very inspired by some of the photos you guys have posted and would love to see it up close. The other very important factor is plenty of beach time, so your beach recommendations are very much appreciated because this girl loves to tan. I would also like to get some good jungle time in up north or maybe down on the islands too, I love hiking and I think riding an elephant would be equally incredible.
Aside from those things I would really like some suggestions from you LOS old hands. Things that I may not think of. So that's my question to you all. Can you please help me make this a memorable vacation and give me the low down on how to spend this much needed time off? Oh yeah, as for the debauchery and mayhem, we've already got that planned out for some of the more colorful parts of Bkk, but I also need to know where to look once the suns gone down while I'm travelling outside of the big city. So please don't hold back on any of those areas either! And I'd love to meet some of the faces that bring me so much laughter and sunshine while I should be working, so if you want to meet up for a beer while I'm there just let me know. Thanks in advance for all your suggestions. See you soon!